Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal
Current research focus
- Basic cellular electrophysiology
- Basic electrophysiology in channelopathies and cardiomyopathies
- Translational projects on channelopathies and cardiomyopathies
Research projects
Project manager
- Determining factors for triggered arrhythmias
- L-type Ca2+ current inhibition for prevention of triggered arrhythmias
- Exercise training as anti-arrhythmic therapy in heart failure
Supervisor
- Effects of Individualized Exercise Training in Patients with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Type 1
- Exercise training prevents ventricular tachycardia in CPVT 1 due to reduced CaMKII-dependent arrhythmogenic Ca2+ release
- Causal link between contractile dysfunction and risk of arrhythmias in post infarction rats
- Can exercise training prevent ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure?
Collaborator
- Crosstalk between transport proteins that control intracellular sodium in cardiomyoctyes
- IP3 signalling and Ca2+-wave development in ventricular cardiomyocytes
- Spatial homogeneity of cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling and sarcomeric function
- Optimization of gene deletion protocols in mouse models utilizing Mer-Cre-Mer (MCM) technology